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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62900	The principles of the Papists by which their leaders put them upon bloody and treacherous practices, plainly demonstrated by the Scriptures to be most erroneous and wicked. And a few better principles briefly laid down, for them (or others) to meditate on, tending to a peaceable life among men, &c. And also a few quæries left them last of all, to satisfie their consciences in. Partly for the sakes of those among them whose consciences have some tenderness in them, and are not quite feared: partly also for those who through ignorance are too much inclining to them. Also there may be some service of these things to others. By a lover of truth, mercifulness, plain-heartedness, humility and fidelity, W. T.	Tomlinson, William.	1679 (1679)	Wing T1850; ESTC R221759	49,364	105

Pope writ to Cardinal Julian thus Nullum valere faedus quod se inconsulto cum hostibus Religionis percussum esset that is That no Covenant was of force which was made with the enemies of Religion without his advice Whereupon the Truce was broken with the Turks and they thought perfidiously to have surprized them but the vigilant Turk Amurates was too nimble for them and had prepared a great Army to meet them which was done so suddenly that it was first seen before it was heard of which struck great terror into the Pope's Army and after a great slaughter on both sides the Turks went away Conquerors whereby providence would have taught them That faith was to be kept with enemies though enemies of Religion And so Aeneas Sylvius was convinced before he was made Pope for saith he speaking of this War Victores evadunt Turcae qui juramenta non solum domesticis fidei sed etiam hostibus servanda demonstrant The Turks go a●… Conquerers who shew that Oaths of fidel● eye to be kept not only with the housholds of faith but also with enemies Whether this Aeneas might condemn the same again afterwards or not I know not for he writ things before he was Pope which he condemned after he was made Pope whence this scoff was put upon him Aeneas probavit Pius damnavit Aeneas approved it but Pius condemned it for he was call'd Pius secundus after he was made Pope Sure there is a curse of Error adheres to the Pope's Chair and not a blessing of Infallibility But to keep to the thing in hand How treacherously was the Noble Admiral Coligni slain and thrown out at a Window at Paris contrary to promise and Oaths of security And at the same time many thousands of Protestants murthered Parry a Papist and Servant to Queen Elizabeth though he had several times sworn to be true to her yet for all that sought to kill her Because faith is not to be kept with Hereticks You see how safe it is for Protestants to keep Papists about them for such murtherous actions is one of the Papists works of Supererogation for which they merit to be canonized for Saints among the Pope's Catalogue This Perfidiousness of the Roman Catholicks is so notoriously known among Protestant Nations and especially of late among our selves that there needs no further demonstration thereof than the treacherous concealed Murders of several among us very lately who it 's very probable have been trappann'd under fawning and fair pretences into snares where they have lost their life as Worthy Godfrey loft his I am now come to the last Principle which I named which is as the close of these bloody Principles and Practices of the Papists viz. 7. That it is no sin to kill a Heretick or at leastwise it shall not be imputed to them as a sin but rather is a meritorious work to destroy Hereticks whether they be Kings or People Noble or Ignoble so that it be for the advantage of their Church This serves as a Spur to prick forward the Pope's Train to such bloody work especially when they see such as are most active therein canonized for Saints and so highly magnified I question not but many of them may be spurred forward in themselves with the desire of gain to enrich themselves in the ruine of others and with other the like sordid and earthly Considerations But I let that pass and apply my self to this Principle of theirs as a Case of Conscience only I suppose they will not deny this Principle to be theirs If they do their practice will make them lyars by their murtherous actions and wicked Plots and Designs against the Protestants to destroy them together with their Honour that they put upon such wicked practitioners To overthrow this Principle of theirs there is no need of much labour therein For it so fully manifests it self to be contrary to the Spirit of Christ and end of his Coming and also opposite to the Doctrine and Command of Christ that every Boy that can read the Scriptures may easily perceive it First As to its contrariety to the Spirit of Christ and end of his Coming he himself shews it plainly When James and John out of their great respect and love to him and zeal they had for him would have called for fire down from Heaven to consume those that did not receive him He turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them Luk. 9.54 55 56. What can be more plainly spoken to shew that this way of destroying mens lives for his sake or because they do not receive him is contrary to the Spirit of Christ and end of his Coming Therefore suppose that the Pope's Church were infallibly in the truth which yet is not granted but admit so and that the Protestants were most certainly in error yet for them to destroy the Protestants upon that account this is far worse than James's and John's action for they did but desire with subjection to Christ to do what they would have done but these not subjecting themselves to Christ's words kill and burn the Protestants and destroy mens lives out of a blind incorrigible furious zeal whereby they greatly aggravate their wickedness Secondly This Principle and Practice of theirs is directly opposite to the Doctrine and Command of Christ which he taught his Disciples Mat. 13.24 c. where he first teaches the People by a Parable and then gives his Disciples the Interpretation of it The Parable is of the Tares of the Field which sprang up among the good Seed And the Servants of the Master of the Field came to him and said Sir didst not thou sowe good seed in thy field from whence then hath it tares He saith unto them An enemy hath done this The servants said unto him Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up But he said nay lest while ye gather up the tares ye root up also the wheat with them Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn This Parable is as a Question stated on purpose and determined by Christ himself to put an end to all such thoughts or doubts Whether the Children of the Kingdom may root out the Children of the wicked One out of the World Mind therefore how Christ expounds his own Parable and it is a presumptuous wresting of the truth of it to divert it to any other sence for who knows the meaning of a Parable so well as he that gives it especially as the Lord that gave it At the request of his Disciples who said Declare unto us the Parable of the tares of the field he opened it to them ver 37. and so forward He answered and

said unto them He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man the field is the world the good seed ar● the children of the Kingdom but the tares are the children of the wicked one the enemy that sowed them is the Devil the harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the Angels Now read the Parable as Christ hath expounded it The Servants of Christ the Son of man discover tares that is Children of the wicked one sprung up in the field the world where Christ sowed good seed that is Children of the Kingdom They state this Question to Christ and ask him Wilt thou that we go and gather them up or root them out here 's the Question Now Christ's determining of it follows But he said nay and withall gives a reason why they should not lest while ye gather up the tares the children of the wicked one ye root up also with them the wheat the children of the Kingdom Then he gives a positive Precept or Command Let hoth grow together until the harvest the end of the world And to satisfie his Servants and stay their minds from further enquiry or doubt in this matter he tells them upon whom he will put this work In the time of harvest at the end of the world I will say to the reapers the Angels Gather ye together first the tares the children of the wicked one and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat the children of the Kingdom into my barn What can be more clearly exprest to shew That the Children of the Kingdom are not to root up or destroy the Children of the wicked one out of the World But they are hereby plainly commanded to let both grow together in the Field that is in the World until the end of the World Now admit which yet is not granted That the Papists were in very deed the Children of the Kingdom and that the Protestants were the Children of the wicked one and pestilent Hereticks as they please to term them yet you see what Rebels these Papists are against the Doctrine and Command of Christ in seeking to root them out and what incorrigible usurpers and intruders they are who thrust themselves upon that work which Christ hath declared shall be the work of the Angels by his appointment So now you may plainly see that the Papists as they are fallen from the Spirit of Christ so also they are fallen from the Doctrine of Christ into plain disobedience and rebellion against him And therefore if any of them shall out of zeal seek to destroy Hereticks you see their zeal is but a blind zeal without knowledge they that do so are ignorant of God and of Christ and his Doctrine for that 's the reason that Christ gives of a bloody zeal These things will they do unto you because they know neither the Father nor me It may be they can talk high things of God and of Christ with their tongues but I say they know him not they know not the divine Nature nor are partakers of it and therefore are they of a bloody zeal Let the Priests Jesuits Monks Confessors or Pope himself scorn it as much as they will yet I say such know him not bloody-minded men know not God the Father nor Christ Jesus they have no fellowship with his Spirit being acted by him that was a Murderer from the beginning I have now done with these their unsound and erroneous Principles whereby they animate their people and harden their Consciences to run on into mischief And I hope the error and wickedness of these Principles will be plain to the meanest capacities by the Scriptures of truth produced to disprove them I shall now set before you a few better Principles for them to meditate on which will better abide the tryal being according to plain Scripture and which will bring more peace at the last to those that are found walking according to them whereby also you may take some Prospect of the dangerous Paths of the Leaders of the Papists 1. That Jesus Christ came into the world to save mens lives not to destroy them and therefore would not suffer his Disciples to be destroyers Luk. 9.56 From this Principle it 's easie for any to draw this Inference That therefore destroyers and murderers are not of him but of their Father that was a murderer from the beginning 2. That Jesus Christ came a light into the world that whosoever believeth in him and followeth him should not abide in darkness Joh. 12.46 But should have the light of life Joh. 8.12 Hence you may safely infer That he that keeps people in darkness and makes them believe that Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion doth not walk in the steps of Christ but opposes this end of his Coming to enlighten the World 3. That the not knowing the Scripture and power of God is a cause of error for so Christ taught Mat. 22.29 Hence it 's plain That depriving people of the use of the Scriptures which testifie of Christ the power of God is not the way to keep them out of error but to keep them in it 4. That Christ Jesus our Lord came to establish truth in the Earth and to extirpate falshood not only in Oaths and Covenants according to the first ministration but even in every little word without swearing therefore he teacheth Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay Mat. 5.37 This Inference easily follows hereupon That they that speak lyes in hypocrifie do not give heed to him and his Spirit but to seducing Spirits and Doctrines of Devils as the Apostle witnesseth 1 Tim. 4.1 2. And therefore Lyars are excluded the Kingdom Rev. 21.27 and Gh. 22.15 5. That our Lord and Master Christ Jesus humbled himself and became of no reputation and we are bid to be like minded Phil. 2.5 6 7. He was meek and lowly in heart and bids us learn of him Mat. 11.29 Hence we may take notice That exalted Spirits fierce and high-minded Spirits who seek the greatness and glory of this World are no good examples to follow because they have not learned that of Christ 6. That he that humbles himself as a little Child the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 18.4 Then he is not the greatest that exalts himself above all as the Pope doth God beholds the proud afar off Psal 138.6 Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased Mat. 23.12 7. That Christ Jesus our Captain and Lord came to set up a peaceable Kingdom consisting of a people peaceable harmless and innocent in the World They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy Mountain saith he Isa 11.9 Then he came not to beget or bring forth a turbulent fort of Plotters Contrivers and Actors of mischief and violence so contrary to his own nature Where will such hurters and destroyers find place in all God's holy Mountain 8. As ye would that men should do unto you